Viswanathan Anand vs Vladimir Kramnik

WDR-TVCup · 1996 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 29 moves

The Game

White Viswanathan Anand
Black Vladimir Kramnik
Result 1/2-1/2
Event WDR-TVCup
Site Cologne
Date 1996.00.00
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D56)
Moves 29
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

2r3k1/2n2pp1/4p2p/p7/2qN4/P3PQ1P/5PP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 29

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nc3 Be7
  4. 4.Nf3 Nf6
  5. 5.Bg5 h6
  6. 6.Bh4 O-O
  7. 7.e3 Ne4
  8. 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
  9. 9.Rc1 Nxc3
  10. 10.Rxc3 c6
  11. 11.Bd3 Nd7
  12. 12.O-O dxc4
  13. 13.Bxc4 b6
  14. 14.Bd3 c5
  15. 15.Be4 Rb8
  16. 16.Qa4 Bb7
  17. 17.Bxb7 Rxb7
  18. 18.Rd1 b5
  19. 19.Qb3 a5
  20. 20.dxc5 Nxc5
  21. 21.Qc2 Na6
  22. 22.a3 b4
  23. 23.Rc6 Rc7
  24. 24.Nd4 bxa3
  25. 25.bxa3 Rfc8
  26. 26.Rxc7 Qxc7
  27. 27.Qe2 Qc4
  28. 28.Qf3 Nc7
  29. 29.h3

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